This time we went into the mountains was different from the last time. Last time, Guo Hai and a few girls were following us, but this time there were only two people, Chen Ran and Yang Shijie. The situation was naturally not as leisurely as last time.
The two of them each carried a backpack, which contained some simple adventure equipment that Chen Ran asked Yang Shijie to prepare last night, including food, water bottles, headlamps, climbing ropes, safety belts, and folding engineer shovels.
The lunch box also has gadgets such as candles and whistles.
Chen Ran did not take Yang Shijie on the mountain road that he and Guo Hai took last time, because he had to go to the place where the bones of Grandpa Xiao Jun were buried first to dig out the stone where he was last buried.
If he still took that road, it would obviously be a long detour. He took a shortcut, which cannot be said to be a shortcut. It should be said to be a straight road, because there is almost only one road into the mountain, or at most a few.
They branched off to other places. The shortcut was close, but not easy to walk. There were too many bushes and wild vines that hindered their progress. Some places could be bypassed, but other places could only be split open with a saber.
"Take a rest, we'll be there soon."
After climbing four mountains and seven or eight small hills in one go, Chen Ran climbed up a big rock and looked from a distance. He found that the long canyon could already be seen. If he tried harder, it might take less than twenty minutes.
We can rush to that place. Of course, our wishes are beautiful and our mood is urgent, but when we see Yang Shijie’s sweaty and tired face, it’s like Bao Zheng’s face, from his obviously suppressed heavy breathing.
After he could tell that this guy was really in trouble, he could only give up the idea temporarily.
In fact, he himself was very tired. He was sweating profusely and breathing heavily. This time was different from the last time he followed Guo Hai and the others. The last time he followed Guo Hai and the others, he was walking all the way.
They kept stopping, even resting for longer than walking. But when they arrived at this place this time, he and Yang Shijie almost rushed there in one breath. This can be seen from the time,
When they arrived at this place, the distance they walked was almost the same as the last time they followed Guo Hai and the others. When they followed Guo Hai and the others, they walked for almost five or six hours, but this time he and Yang Shijie only
It took about an hour. You can imagine how fast they walked, especially when Yang Shijie encountered obstacles, and the weather was not so hot when he followed Guo Hai and the others, but now
It can be said to be the hottest time of summer.
But this time, Chen Ran felt very happy. Last time he reached the end of the field, he didn't feel anything at all. But this time, after climbing the mountain for an hour, he broke out in sweat. Although he was very tired,
But there is a refreshing feeling.
Yang Shijie smiled bitterly after hearing this, then sat on a tree stand and leaned against the tree trunk to pour water into his mouth. When his eyes swept over Chen Ran, he was very impressed. He never thought that Chen Ran had such good physical strength. Why?
He said that whether he was in the army or the armed police, he had received professional training in this area, but he did not expect that his performance in climbing mountains was not as good as Chen Ran's.
After resting for a while, eating something to replenish their strength, the two of them set off. They really agreed to what they said, and they will run to death in the mountains!
Judging from their current position, the location of the Long Canyon is very close. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is not far ahead, but in fact, the time it takes to get there is much longer than Chen Ran imagined.
, which took them more than fifty minutes.
Of course, this is also the reason why Chen Ran took Yang Shijie the wrong way and took him to a cliff and took a long detour on the road.
On the way, Chen Ran didn't tell the truth to Yang Shijie about the mysterious place. After all, even if he told him, he couldn't explain clearly. Who would have thought that two unrelated things at that time would suddenly be involved together?
He only told Yang Shijie that he found a strange place when he came here with his friends last time and wanted to come and have a look. Yang Shijie was not surprised. He already knew that Chen Ran was in the antiques industry, even if Chen Ran took him
It is undoubtedly normal to rob tombs.
"Brother Chen, there seems to be some evil in this place..."
Arriving at the destination, Chen Ran had been there once and was not too surprised. However, Yang Shijie was different. Before he even set foot on the mountain, he felt a cold feeling coming over his face. Now it is hot all year round.
At that moment, a dark wind blew, which made him shiver involuntarily. When he looked at the mountains in front of him, he took a deep breath.
Chen Ran naturally knew that there was something evil about this place, and he didn't know how to explain it to Yang Shijie. Therefore, he just nodded and said nothing. He took off his backpack and took out the engineer shovel from the bag.
Although Yang Shijie was surprised that it was so hot outside but so cold here, he was not afraid. After all, not to mention it was broad daylight, he had crawled into a tomb at night. Of course, he crawled into a grave at night.
The graves were not robbed, but happened when I was a soldier.
From this, although he was curious about what Chen Ran wanted to do by bringing him here, when he saw Chen Ran walking up the mountain with the engineering shovel, he followed him without hesitation.
When he arrived at the place where the bones of Grandpa Xiao Jun were buried, Chen Ran did not dig out immediately. Instead, he saluted the grave first. After all, this was also the place where martyrs were buried. Although the bones had been dug away, his soul was still there.
But he is buried here forever, and he still needs to have the respect he deserves.
When Yang Shijie saw Chen Ran's actions, he also saluted.
"Shijie, please pay attention. If you feel like vomiting, go outside quickly."
Chen Ran warned Yang Shijie before digging. After seeing Yang Shijie nod, he started digging. The traces from the last digging were still there, so when Chen Ran was digging here, Yang Shijie was on the opposite side.
Then we started digging.
When Chen Ran was digging, he first detected the location where the stone was buried, and then dug on top of the stone. The two of us dug very fast, one shovel at a time, and it took about seven or eight minutes to dig.
I dug out the earth and rocks outside.
Chen Ran handed the engineer's shovel to Yang Shijie, squatted down and opened the branches, then reached out and picked up the jade-like stone from the pit.
Yang Shijie obviously didn't expect that what Chen Ran had spent so much time digging was such a black stone. He couldn't help but look at it a few more times out of curiosity. Chen Ran knew Yang Shijie's strange things when he was a soldier.
Not lacking in experience, I asked him if he had ever seen such a stone.
Yang Shijie looked at it again and again, and finally shook his head and said that it was not good, because this stone had no special characteristics and looked like a piece of ore.
He didn't ask, but Chen Ran was not disappointed. He took the map he drew and checked it against the mountains in front of him. In fact, he had already checked it when he came here last time, and even how
I have roughly thought about where to go from here.
After confirming the route into the mountain with each other, Chen Ran was ready to set off, but before setting off, he told Yang Shijie not to set off with him, but to hang far behind him, and at least stay at the same level with him.
A distance of one hundred meters.
At first, Yang Shijie was still very surprised, but not long after setting off, he was no longer surprised, but was extremely surprised, because he was extremely hot from the sun when he was hanging a hundred meters behind Chen Ran.
Once I got close to Chen Ran, I felt cold all over. Sometimes when climbing mountains, I would shiver unconsciously because of the need to get close to Chen Ran. It was as if I was living in a hot summer.
Yes, it's like winter all of a sudden. If it were a little bit of change, I wouldn't feel so cold. You can imagine how cold it is with such a sudden change.
Yang Shijie was not stupid. Thinking of the scene just now, he quickly understood that the reason for this scene was the stone that Chen Ran dug out just now.
Although Yang Shijie has seen a lot of strange things, this is the first time he has seen such a surprising thing. At this time, he naturally understood the reason why Chen Ran did not let him follow. He was digging just now
When the stone fell, he was still aware of his own physical condition. Although his feeling was not as clear as Chen Ran's, he could still feel the stuffy feeling at that time. If he persisted for a while longer, he might be suffering from it.
No more.
What surprised him was how nothing happened to Chen Ran.
In this way, Chen Ran and Yang Shijie climbed one mountain after another one after another. After climbing two mountains, they returned to the route recorded on the treasure map in the second half.
Chen Ran checked the route on the map while climbing over the mountain. Once he found the correct route, his destination would be easy to find. All he needed was time.
One thing I have to mention is that along the way, Chen Ran and the strange stone didn't even encounter a single beast. Before others arrived, those beasts scurried away as if they had noticed something.
Although he didn't see it, he discovered it through the traces on the road.
After spending about two hours, Chen Ran finally arrived at the end of the route on the treasure map. What disappointed him was that he did not find the bamboo forest lake recorded on the treasure map, or even a lake within two kilometers of it.
The lake was not discovered, only a spring was discovered, and this spring was found in a stone crevice halfway up the mountain. No matter how much time passed, it would not have evolved from a lake to this.
Chen Ran stored the strange stone in a place first, and then he and Yang Shijie searched for it separately. He told Yang Shijie that the first was to find a lake, and the second was to find a strange place. Since the stone covered a mountain
If it was like that, the place where the stone was found might have also been transformed into a barren land.
But it is a pity that neither the lake nor such a strange place has been found.
"Brother Chen, take a rest..."
Yang Shijie looked at his watch. It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon. They had been searching for more than two hours in this place, but they still couldn't find the place Chen Ran was looking for.
"Okay, let's have something to eat..."
Chen Ran didn't expect that this trip to find the treasure would be so unsuccessful. He thought he would find it when he got there, but he didn't expect that when he arrived here according to the route, he couldn't find the imaginary Zhulin Lake. Not to mention, the hillside on the side of the Zhulin Lake was also not found.
He couldn't find it. After searching for so long, he was also hungry, so he had to fill his stomach first.
There was not much water left in the water bottles of the two of them, so they returned to the spring in the cracks in the rocks that they had just discovered. On the way, Yang Shijie caught two cabbage snakes. In fact, on the way
At that time, the beasts were not noticed, but snakes were seen a lot, but generally speaking, as long as you don't provoke them, they will not actively attack you. Once they are alerted, they will run away quickly.
"Brother Chen, please sit down first..."
When he arrived at the place, Yang Shijie found a shady place against the rock wall, cleared the weeds around him and asked Chen Ran to sit down, and then started to work. Although he didn't bring a pot with him when he came, he did.
There are aluminum lunch boxes that can be used as pots.
Chen Ran was not idle either. While Yang Shijie was making soup, he climbed to a nearby big rock and observed the surrounding mountains and terrain, but he didn't find much. After observing for a while, when he returned below, Yang Shijie
The snake soup has been boiled.
There were large pieces of corned beef to eat and fresh snake soup to drink, which was not bad. To be honest, this was Chen Ran's first time to drink snake soup. The snake soup made by Yang Shijie was quite delicious. Chen Ran took it.
He took a few pieces of snake meat with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth and chewed it. It felt very thin, but after taking two more mouthfuls of the soup, he was stunned.
"Shijie, where did you dig the bamboo shoots?"
Yang Shijie's snake soup not only contained snake meat but also some wild fungus and wild vegetables. As Chen Ran ate, he discovered that there were bamboo shoots in it. He didn't realize it at first, but the taste of bamboo shoots was too astringent.
While eating, he suddenly came to his senses and stood up suddenly.
"I found two over there. The smell of snakes was a bit fishy. I pressed it just right with bamboo shoots, so I dug out one." Yang Shijie was startled by Chen Ran's actions, although Chen Ran was a little strange.
Why did I suddenly ask this question, but I immediately reached out and pointed to Chen Ran.
Hearing what Yang Shijie said, Chen Ran didn't care to eat anymore. He looked in the direction where Yang Shijie pointed and couldn't wait to walk over. Yang Shijie also quickly stood up and followed.
[Dazhang, let’s talk about it. Some friends said that it seemed to be deviating from the theme of the novel. Xiaofu can explain this. It does not deviate from the theme of antiques, collecting, gambling, treasure hunting... It is just a temporary break from antiques.
Switching to a treasure hunting adventure, if you pick up too many antiques, your eyes will be tired, and if you just hope to pick up antiques, the protagonist will not make a lot of money in his life. In addition, in the plot of Guoan, some friends said that the protagonist seemed a bit characterless.
Okay, just pretend you have no character. The protagonist is already an adult and has a lot to think about. You can't insist on fighting something that can be solved peacefully, right? If it's a small favor, help me.
It doesn't matter anymore, Chen Ran detained the two people from Guoan, and the other party called the protagonist personally without mentioning the matter. Isn't this enough to compromise the protagonist? If you still feel uncomfortable, then watch the subsequent plot...
I’ll update one chapter first, and there will be another chapter later in the morning.】
